Evansville, Cairo & Memphis Steam Packet Co. v. Wildman

In this action, the appellee, as plaintiff, sued the appellant, as defendant, in the Vanderburgh Circuit Court, in a complaint of three paragraphs.

In the first paragraph of his complaint, the appellee alleged, in substance, that, before and at the time of the commission of the grievances complained of, the appellant was the owner of a certain steamboat, known as the “ Arkansas Belle,” and ran and operated said steamboat upon the •Ohio river, between the ports of Evansville, Indiana, and Cairo, Illinois, for the transportation of freight and passengers, for hire and reward, to be paid to the…